Is this a good PC build for gaming?

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Hi, I want to get a gaming PC for my son and everyone says that it's best to build your own so that's what I'm trying to do. I'm a little out of my depth though so I'd appreciate any advice you have to give.

Here's the components:

PROCESSOR: AMD FX 4350 4.2GHz Quad Core Processor

MOTHERBOARD: ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0 ATX

RAM: 16GB Crucial Ballistix DDR3-1600 Ram

HARD DRIVE: 1TB Hard Drive 7200RPM

GRAPHICS: NVIDIA GTX 750Ti 2GB

POWER SUPPLY: 500W Power Supply

How do you think this build would play newer games like Fallout 4 and Doom? My son loves first person shooters but can't play them very well on his laptop.
 
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not great to be honest.

-8gb is plenty of ram for a lower budget gaming build.
-the r7 360 has better performance, is much newer and costs less than the 750 ti. neither card is particularly idel for 1080p gaming though. i'd recommend at least a gtx 950 4gb if you can afford it. i put the r7 360 for now since it's a good deal. i bought one this week.
-an i3 would be ideal. the fx series is pretty out of date at this point.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB)...
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not great to be honest.

-8gb is plenty of ram for a lower budget gaming build.
-the r7 360 has better performance, is much newer and costs less than the 750 ti. neither card is particularly idel for 1080p gaming though. i'd recommend at least a gtx 950 4gb if you can afford it. i put the r7 360 for now since it's a good deal. i bought one this week.
-an i3 would be ideal. the fx series is pretty out of date at this point.



PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI B150M BAZOOKA Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($64.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($46.89 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 360 2GB Video Card ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar Spike MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($30.98 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($26.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $379.82
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-26 01:38 EDT-0400
 
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